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East Ham 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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- 1939
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Extracts from Vital Statistics.
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Deaths from puerperal causes :—
Deaths. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. -
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TABLE 1.
Puerperal Sepsis Other Causes Total England & Wales East Ham England & Wales East Ham England & Wales East Ham -
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Particulars are given below:—
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TABLE 2.—BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, 1938.
Rate per 1,000 Population. Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Population. Rate per 1,000 Live Births. Live Births. Still Births. All Causes Typhoid and Para-typhoid Fevers. Small-pox. Measles. Scarlet Fever. Whooping Cough. Diphtheria. Influenza. Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years). Total Deaths under One Yr. -
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TABLE 4.—Ward Distribution of Deaths, and Ward Death Rates, 1938.
Cause of death. Wards. Total. Deaths in Institutions Manor Park. Little Ilford. Wood-grange. Plashet. Kensington. Castle Central. Wall End. Great-field. South. -
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TABLE 5. I nfant D eaths U nder O ne Y ear of A ge, 1938.
CAUSE OF DEATH. Total Ages and Sex Total under 1 year Wards Under 1 week 1-2 weeks 2-3 weeks 3-4 weeks 1-3 months 3-6 months 6-9 months 9-12 months Manor Park Little Ilford Wood-grange Plashet Kensington Castle Central Wall End Great-field South Deaths in Institutions Tuberculosis, Respiratory 1 M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F -
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The number and nature of these examinations for 1938 are shown below:—
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The two ambulances operating from the fire station carried out the following work during 1938:-
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TABLE 6. Clinics and Treatment Centres.
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TABLE 7. Public Assistance Domiciliary Medical Service. Statistical Return for the Year Ending 31.12.38.
No. of individual patients. No. of attendances at homes. No. of attendances at Surgery. Total No. of attendances No. of occasions medicines supplied without seeing patients. -
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Movement of East Ham Patients. Year ended 31st December, 1938.
Males. Females. Admissions. Voluntary Temporary Certified Voluntary Temporary Certified -
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TABLE 8 DISPOSITION OF MENTAL PATIENTS ON 31.12.1938.
Certified T emporary Voluntary Total M. F. M. F. M. F. -
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TABLE 9.1.—In-Patients. Number of Beds and In-Patients.
Numbers in 1938 Numbers in pfevicus year. 1. Beds :— -
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2.— Out-Patients. Numbers.
Numbers in 1938 Numbers in previous year -
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(j) Whipps Cross Hospital and Institutions controlled by West Ham. Beds Allocated on User Basis to East Ham.
Institution. No. of Beds. Type. -
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TABLE 10. Cases Admitted to West Ham Corporation Public Assistance Institutions from East Ham.
Institution. Chargeable on 31.12.37 Admitted during 1938 Born during 1938 Total. Discharged. Died. Transferred to other Instns. Chargeable on 31.12.38 -
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(k) Aldersbrook Homes and Scattered Homes. Mr. Pitt Steele, Superintendent of the Children's Homes, Aldersbrook, has kindly supplied the following information:— TABLE 11.
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TABLE 12.
VISITS. No. of reports— register, files, &c. Number of interviews Statutory Supervision Guardianship Institution Training Centre Friendly Care Total -
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TABLE 13.
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TABLE 14. S tatistics of T raining C entre , 1938.
Morning Session—Males. Afternoon Session-Girls and Juniors. Grand Total Attendances No. on Register No. of Sessions held Total Attendances Average Attendance j No. on ' Register 1 No. of Sessions held Total Attend-ance3 Average Attendance -
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M =Males F = Females. T = Total. .TABLE 18. Welfare of the Blind.—Registration. As at 31.3.39. In the following tables, the registration of the blind, ages at which blindness occurred, training and employment and occupations, as at 31.3.39, are set out:-
Age Period 0—1 Age Period 1—5 Age Period 5—16 Age Period 16—21 Age Period 21—40 Age Period 40—50 Age Period 50—65 Age Period 65—70 Age Period 70 and over (i total of all age groups. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. • T. M F. T. -
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Ages at which Blindness occurred.
Age .Period 0—1 Age Period 1—5 Age Period 5—10 Age Period 10—20 Age Period 20—30 Age Period 30—40 Age Period 40—50 Age Period 50—60 Age Period 60—70 Age Period 70 and over Age Period M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M F. T M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. -
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Training and Employment. Age period 16 and upwards.
Employed Undergoing Training Trained but Unemployed (h) No Training but Trainable M Unemployable m Total Ik) By Blind Organisations. All others not included in (a) & (b) (c) Total employed (d) Industrial (el Secondary (f) Professional and University (g) Workshops (a) Home Workers (b) M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. -
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Occupations of Employed Blind Persons
Agents, Collectors, etc. Basket Workers Bedding(including Divans and Ottomans) and Upholstering. Boot repairers Braille copyists 6 Proof Readers | Brush Makers , Carpenters and Woodworkers Chair Seaters Clerks and Typists Coal Bag Makers Dealers, Tea Agents, News-Agents, Shopkeepers. Firewood Workers Gardeners Hawkers, News-vendors etc. Home Teachers Knitters Labourers Massage Mat Makers Ministers of Religion Musicians and Music Teachers Netting Makers ___ Porters, Packers Cleaners Poultry Farmers School Teachers vShip's Fender (Fendoff) Makers Telephone Operators T uners Weavers Miscellaneous Total | Hand Machine Mattress Makers Machinists Upholsterers -
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Physically and Mentally Defective (including those children 5-16). Unemployable persons resident in Homes for the Blind, Mental Hospitals or Poor Law Institutions.
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Children of School Age 5-16*
Normal. Mentally Defective Physi-cally Defective M F M F M F -
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TABLE 16.— Continued. Number of persons over 70 years of age unemployable (j) and total (k) in Training and Employment Table
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Blind Persons Registered as New Cases (Not Transfers from other Registers) during the year ended 31. 3. 39. Arranged in Age Periods.
Age Period 0—1 Age Period 1—5 Age Period 5—16 Age Period 16—21 Age Period 21—40 Age Period 40—50 Age Period 50—65 Age Period 65—70 Age Period 70 and over (i) Total of all age groups (ii) Age unknown M . F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. -
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Blind Persons Registered as New Cases (Not Transfers from other Registers) During the Year ended 31. 3. 39, arranged according to the age at which blindness occurred.
Age Period 0—1 Age Period 1—5 Age Period 5—10 Age Period 10—20 Age Period 20—30 Age Period 30—40 Age Period 40—50 Age Period 50—60 Age Period 60—70 Age Period 70 and over Age Period unknown M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. -
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TABLE 15. Work of the Visitor to the Blind.
Year. No. of technically Blind Persons on Register. No. of Visits to same. No. of Partially Blind Persons No. of Visits to same Other Visits. Total Visits. No. of Lessons Given Lessons Given in Cane Basket Work. Braille Moon. Knitting. Crochet. Wool Ball Work. Manual. Straw bag making Daily. Eve'ng. -
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The types of new cases were as follows:—
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The 310 cases dealt with during the year have been assisted as follows:—
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TABLE 17.
Domiciliary Midwives Midwives in Institutions Totals -
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TABLE 17—continued.
Domiciliary Cases Cases in Institutions Totals -
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TABLE 17—continued.
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TABLE 18. REGISTRATION OF NURSING HOMES (SECTIONS 187 to 194 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936). Return of the work of the Council during 1938.
Number of Homes. Number of patients provided for:— Maternity Patients. Others. Totals. -
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Action during 1938:—
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Infant Welfare Clinics
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The visits made by the Health Visitors during 1938 were 15,270.
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On investigation it was found that in 55 cases the months of pregnancy at which the still births took place were as follows:—
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An analysis of the causes to which the still births were attributable will be found in the following table:—
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During the year the following attendances were recorded:—
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The following table gives an analysis of the pre-maternal cases found to be slightly or seriously abnormal:—
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During the year help was obtained in 172 cases as follows:—
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Vaccinations 1938. The following figures shew the vaccinations carried out by the Public Vaccinators from 1/1/38 to 31/12/38:—
Dr. O'Moore Dr. Brews Total -
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Number inoculated in the various age groups:—
Ages in years 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 and over -
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The total number of children completely immunised from 27/9/29 to 31/12/38 was 6,294, made up as follows:—
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Erysipelas. The number of notified cases of Erysipelas treated in hospitals was 22—
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TABLE 19. 58 Total Cases of Notifiable Diseases, 1915-1938.
Disease. 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 -
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TABLE 20. Prevalence of and Control over Infectious Disease.—Notified Cases for the 52 Weeks ending 31st December, 1938.
Disease. Cases notified in whole district. Ward distribution of Cases. No. of Cases removed to hospital. Total deaths in Borough. At all ages—years Manor Park. Little Ilford. Wood-grange. Plashet. Kensington. Castle. Central. Wall End. Great-field. South. At all ages Under 1 1 to 5 5 to 10 10 to 15 15 to 20 20 to 35 35 to 45 45 to 65 65 and up. -
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TABLE 21. Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Vision Unimpaired. Vision Impaired. Vision Lost. Still under treatment at end of year. Died. Removed from District. Not Classified. -
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Statistics. (a) Diphtheria.
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(b) Scarlet Fewer.
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The miscellaneous admissions are set out below.
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Concurrent Infections occurred as follows:—
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Serum administered:
Units 8,000 16,000 24,00 32,000 48.000 up. Totals -
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The Principal Complications.
Complications No. Percentage Incidence -
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Operations. The following operations were performed:—
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Laboratory Work.
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TABLE 22 Admissions, Discharges, Etc., 1938—Borough Infectious Diseases Hospital.
Disease. Remaining at end of 1937 Admitted during 1938 Died during 1938 Discharged during 1938 Remaining at end of 1938 -
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TABLE 23 Borough Infectious Diseases Hospital Year ended 31st March, 1939.
Expenditure Cost per Patient per week £ s. d. -
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Cancer Deaths, 1938:
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Classification:
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Table 24. Cancer Deaths.—Parts of the Body Affected.
Parts of Body Affected. Ages 0-1 1-2 2-5 5-15 15-25 25-35 35-45 45-55 55-65 65-75 75 and upwards Total Sex M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F -
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Deaths: The number of deaths (1933-1938) from tuberculosis is shown below.
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New Cases: The following are the comparative figures for the years 1933-1938:—
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Attendances and Medical Examinations.
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No. of X-Ray Examinations at the Chest Clinic.
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TABLE 25. Return showing the work of the Tuberculosis and Chest Clinic, 1938.
Diagnosis. Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary. Total. Grand Total Adults. Children. Adults. Children. Adults. Children. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. -
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TABLE 26. Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Supplementary Annual Return showing in summary form (a) the condition at the end of 1938 of all patients remaining on the Dispensary Register; and (b) the reasons for the removal of all cases written off the Register. The table is arranged according to the years in which the patients were first entered on the Dispensary Register as definite cases of pulmonary tuberculosis, and their classification at that time.
Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates Previous to 1928 1928 1929 1930 1931 Class T.B. minus Class T.B. plus Class T.B. minus Class T.B. plus Class T.B. minus Class T.B. plus Class T.B. minus Class T.B. plus Class T.B. minus Class T.B. plus Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Total(Class T.B. Plus) Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Total(Class T.B. Plus) Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Total(Class T.B. Plus) Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Total(Class | T.B. Plus) Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Total(Class T.B. Plus) -
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TABLE 27. Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis. Supplementary Annual Return showing in summary form (a) the condition at the end of 1938 of all remaining on the Dispensary Register; and (b) the reasons for the removal of all cases written off the Register. patients
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TABLE 29. HARTS SANATORIUM—Year ended 31st March, 1939.
Expenditure Cost per Patient per week £ s. d. -
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TABLE 30. Number of Beds available for the Treatment of Tuberculosis on the 31st December 1938 in Institutions belonging to the Council.
Name of Institution For Pulmonary For Non- Cases Pulmonary Cases Total Adults Children under 15 Adults Children under 15 -
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TABLE 31. Return showing the extent of Residential Treatment and Observation during the Year 1938 in Harts Sanatorium.
In Institution on J an. 1 Admitted during the year. Discharged during the year Died in the Institution. In Institution on Dec. 31. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) -
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TABLE 32. RETURN SHOWING THE RESULTS OF DOUBTFULLY TUBERCULOUS CASES DISCHARGED DURING THE YEAR 1938 FROM HARTS SANATORIUM.
Diagnosis on discharge from observation. For Pulmonary Tuberculosis. For Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Totals. Stay under 4 weeks. Stay over 4 weeks. Stay under 4 weeks. Stay over 4 weeks. M. F. Ch M. F. Ch. M. F. Ch. M. F. Ch. M. F. Ch. -
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TABLE 33. Return showing the immediate Results of Treatment of definitely Tuberculous patients discharged during the Year 1938 from Harts Sanatorium.
Classification on admission to the Institution. Condition at time of discharge. Duration of Residential Treatment in the Institution. Grand Totals. Under 3 months, but exceeding 28 days. 3-6 months. 6—12 months. More than 12 months. Totals. M. F. Ch. M. F. Ch. M. F. Ch. M. F. Ch. M. F. Ch. -
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TABLE 33— continued.
Classification on admission to the Institution. Condition at time of discharge Duration of Residential Treatment in the Institution. Grand Totals. Under 3 months, but exceeding 28 days. 3-6 months. 6-12 months. More than 12 months. Totals. M. F. Ch. M. F. Ch. M. F. Ch. M. F. Ch. M. F. Ch. -
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TABLE 34. Return showing the extent of Residential Treatment and Observation during the Year 1938 in Institutions (other than Poor Law Institutions) approved for the Treatment of Tuberculosis (including Harts Sanatorium).
In Institutions on J an. 1 Admitted during the year. Discharged during the year. Died in the Institutions. In Institutions on Dec. 31. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) -
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TABLE 35. Return showing the extent of Residential Treatment provided during the year 1938 in poor law institutions for Persons Chargeable to the Council.
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TABLE 36 Return showing the Results of Observation of Doubtfully Tuberculous Cases Discharged during the year 1938 from Institutions Approved for the Treatment of Tuberculosis (including Harts Sanatorium).
Diagnosis on discharge from observation. For Pulmonary Tuberculosis. For Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Totals. Stay under 4 weeks. Stay over 4 weeks. Stay under 4 weeks. Stay over 4 weeks. M. F. Ch M. F. Ch. M. F. Ch. M. F. Ch. M. F. Ch. -
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TABLE 37. RETURN SHOWING THE IMMEDIATE RESULTS OF TREATMENT OF DEFINITELY TUBERCULOUS PATIENTS DISCHARGED DURING THE YEAR 1938 FROM INSTITUTIONS (OTHER THAN POOR LAW INSTITUTIONS) APPROVED for the TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS (including HARTS SANATORIUM).
Classification on admission to the Institution. Condition at time of discharge. Duration of Residential Treatment in the Institution. Grand Totals. Under 3 months, but exceeding 28 days. 3-6 months. 6-12 months. More than 12 months. Totals. M. F. Ch. M. F. Ch. M. F. Ch. M. F. Ch. M. F. Ch. -
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TABLE 37—continued.
Classification on admission to the Institution. Condition at time of discharge. Duration of Residential Treatment in the Institution. Grand Totals. Under 3 months, but exceeding 28 days. 3-6 months. 6-12 months. More than 12 months. Totals. M. F. Ch. M. F. Ch. M. F. Ch. M. F. Ch. M. F. Ch. -
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TABLE 38. Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930. Summary of Notifications During the period 1.1.38 to 31.12.38.
Age periods. Formal Notifications. Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of tuberculosis. Total notifications. 0-1 1-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-35 35—45 45-55 55-65 65 & over Total (all ages) -
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Supplemental Return. New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the above-mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification:—
Age periods. 0-1 1-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-35 35-45 45-55 55-65 65 and over Total -
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TABLE 38— continued. The source or sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained:—
Source of Information. No. of Cases. Pulmonary. Non-pulmonary. -
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Notification Register.
Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining at the 31st December 1938, on the Registers of Notifications kept by the Medical Officer of Health Pulmonary Non-pulmonary Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Cases 507 461 968 149 135 284 1.252 -
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TABLE 39. Notified Cases of Tuberculosis, 1938.
Ages. Pulmonary Abdominal. Meninges. Bones and Joints. Glands. Other Organs. Disseminated. All forms. Males Females Totals Males Females Totals Males Females Totals Males Females Totals Males Females Totals Males Females Totals Males Females Totals Males Females Totals -
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Table 40. Tuberculosis. New Cases and Mortality, 1938.
Age Periods. New Cases. Deaths. Pulmonary. Non-Pulm. Pulmonary. Non-Pulm. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. -
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TABLE 41. In the following Table a comparison of the Vital Statistics relating to certain County Boroughs of a Population between 100,000 and 200,000 is shewn:—
East Ham Birkenhead Blackburn Bolton Bournemouth Derby Dundee Hudders. field Middlesbrough Norwich Oldham | Preston Southampton Southend. on.Sea Stockport Sunderland Walsall Wolverhampton York -
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Sanitary Circumstances Water Supply. The Metropolitan Water Board provide the public water supply in the Borough. Six samples from domestic supplies were obtained during the year and submitted for bacteriological examination. Herein is a statement of the results.
No. of Sample Colonies p. c.c. on Agar at 37%C. B. coli. absent in c.c's. After 1 day After 2 days After 3 days -
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Bacteriological Examination of Milk Samples.
Total Ungraded Sterilised. Pasteurised. Accredited T.T. -
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MEAT INSPECTION.
Cattle (excluding Cows) Cows Calves Sheep and Lambs Pigs -
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Prolonged investigation and sampling resulted in proceedings being instituted against 3 vendors who subsequently were refused registration or removed from the register of retail purveyors.
Number of Samples. Examined. Found adulterated or below standard. Percentage samples adulterated. -
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DETAILS OF ADULTERATION.
No. L or F. Article. Adulteration or Deficiency. Action Taken. -
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Outdoor Assistance—Public Assistance Committee. The following statement by Mr. C. M. Ready, the Public Assistance Officer, shows the average number of persons receiving Outdoor Assistance under the Public Assistance Committee during the 12 months ending 31-12-38:—
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Number of Persons Registered as Unemployed during 1938 at East Ham Employment Exchange.
(1) Live Register. January. February March. April. May. June. Men Boys Wmn. Girls Men Boys Wmn. Girls M en Boys Wmn. Girls Men Boys Wmn. Girls Men Boys Wmn. Girls Men Boys Wmn. Girls -
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METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1938. Rain Gauge 5-in. in diameter, placed 1 foot above ground, 15 feet above sea level. Temperature taken in the shade of a Stevenson's Screen, 5 feet from the ground.
Months. Temperature of Air during the Month. Mean Temperature of Air. Rainfall. Highest Maximum. Lowest Minimum. Mean of No of Days on which Rain fell, 0.01 and over Amount collected in inches. Mean rate of fall for Rainy Days. Greatest fall in 24 hours. Date of greatest fall. All Highest. All Lowest. -
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FACTORIES ACT, 1937. 1.—Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
Premises. Number of Inspections Written Notices. Occupiers prosecuted. (1) (2) (3) (4) -
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2. —Defects found.
Particulars. Number of Defects. Number of defects in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted Found Remedied Referred to H.M. Inspector (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) -
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OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES. (Section 108 of Act of 1901; Section III of Act of 1937)
Nature of Work. (1) Instances. (2) Notices served. (3) Prosecutions. (4) -
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF WORK.
1934. 1935. 1936 1937 1938 Routine & Special Inspection (on School premises):— -
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FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION.
Group. NUMBER OF CHILDREN. *Percentage of Children found to require Treatment. Inspected. *Found to require Treatment. -
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Comparative table
Year Number Examined Number with Nits Number with Head Vermin No. of Exclusion Certificates -
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TABLE OF VERMINOUS CONDITIONS FOUND AT EXAMINATIONS FOR GENERAL CLEANLINESS.
Schools. Dept. Number Exam'd Few Nits Many Nits and Vermin Schools. Dept. Number Exam'd Few Nits Many Nits and Vermin -
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(b) Minor Ailments.
Chief Minor Ailments. Discovered at Routine Medical Inspection Discovered by Teachers and Nurses and sent to Clinic 1937 1938 1937 1938 -
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Certificates were issued, under Article 23 (b), where school attendance dropped below 60 per cent. of the number on the register, as follows:—
School Month Disease -
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T able of the Chief Infectious Diseases, Showing the Monthly Incidence in Children of School Age
Month. Measles Chicken Pox Whooping Cough Mumps Scarlet Fever Diphtheria -
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Details of the dental work done for the Maternity and Child Welfare Centres are shown in the following table:—
No. of Sessions devoted to Treatment No. of Attendances No. of Permanent Teeth No. of Temporary Teeth Adults Children Extracted Filled Extracted Filled -
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The following table furnishes a brief summary of the cases treated by general and local irradiation throughout the year.
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Particulars of the number of Children who were resident in Schools of Recovery between 1st January and 31st December, 1938, and the periods of their stay between those two dates.
School No. of Months Totals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. Totals -
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No. of Weeks
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The Inspectors have made 441 visits in regard to these cases and the following table indicates the work performed by the Society:—
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Of these, 8 were classified as mentally deficient and 31 as dull and backward, recommendations being made as shown in the following table:—
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Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups—
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B.—OTHER INSPECTIONS.
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C.— CHILDREN FOUND TO REQUIRE TREATMENT. Number of individual children found at Routine Medical Inspection to Require Treatment (excluding defects of Nutrition, Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases') .
Group For defective vision (excluding squint) For all other conditions recorded in Table 11A Total (1) (2) (3) (4) -
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TABLE II. A. Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31 st December , 1938.
Defect or Disease. Routine Inspections. Special Inspections. No. of Defects. No. of Defects. Requiring Treatment. Requiring to be kept under obser vation, but not requiring Treatment. Requiring Treatment. Requiring to be kept under obser vation, but not requiring Treatment. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) -
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TABLE II.—continued.
Defect or Disease. Routine Inspections. Special Inspections. No. of Defects No. of Defects. Requiring Treatment. Requiring to be kept under obser vation, but not requiring Treatment. Requiring Treatment. Requiring to be kept under obser vation, but not requiring Treatment. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) -
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B. Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the Year in the Routine Age Groups.
Age-groups Number of Children Inspected A (Excellent) B (Normal) C (Slightly subnormal) D (Bad) No. % No. % No. % No. % -
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Only the first class is included in this section.
At Certified Schools for the Blind At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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Table III—continued. Children who are able by means of suitable glasses to read the ordinary school books used by children without fatigue or injury to their vision are not included in this Table.
At Certified Schools for the Blind. At Certified Schools for the Partially Sighted. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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the first class is included in this Section.
At Certified Schools for the Deaf. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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Partially Deaf Children. Children who can appropriately be taught only in a school for the partially deaf are entered in this Section.
At Certified Schools for the Deaf and Partially Deaf. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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The following Table includes all such children except those who have been notified to the Local Authority under the Mental Deficiency Act in accordance with Article 3 of the Mental Deficiency (Notification of Children) Regulations, 1928.
At Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children. At Public Elementary Schools. At At other i no School Institutions, j or 1 Institution. Total. -
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Epileptic Children. Children Suffering from Severe Epilepsy. In this part of the Table only those children are included who are epileptic within the meaning of the Act, i.e., children who, not being idiots or imbeciles, are unfit by reason of severe epilepsy to attend the ordinary Public Elementary Schools.
At Certified Special Schools. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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T able III— continued.
At Certified Special Schools. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At'' no School or Institution. Total. -
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II.—Children Suffering from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. (This category includes tuberculosis of all sites other than those shown in I. above.)
At Certified Special Schools. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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B. Delicate Children. This Section is confined to children (except those included in other groups) whose general health renders it desirable that they should be specially selected for admission to an Open Air School
At Certified Special Schools. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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Table III—continued Section 55 of the Eduction Act, 1921, that they are incapable by reason of such physical defect of receiving proper benefit from the instruction in the ordinary public Elementary Schools.
At Certified Special Schools. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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D. Children with Heart Disease. This Section is confined to children in whose case the Medical Officer would be prepared to certify, under Section 55 of the Education Act, 1921, that they are incapable by reason of such physical defect of receiving proper benefit from the instruction in the ordinary Public Elementary Schools.
At Certified Special Schools. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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Children Suffering from Multiple Defects. Information is given in respect of children suffering from any combination of the following types of defect:—
Combination of Defect. At Certified Special Schools. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total.P -
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TABLE IV. TREATMENT TABLES. GROUP I.—MINOS. Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table vi)
Disease or Defect. Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. Under the Authority's Scheme. Otherwise. Total. (1) (2) (3) (4) -
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GROUP II.—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
No. of Defects dealt with. Under the Authority's Scheme Otherwise. Total. -
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TABLE IV.—continued. GROUP III.—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT.
Number of Defects. Received Operative Treatment. Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. Total. Received other forms of of Treatment. Total number treated (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) -
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GROUP IV.—ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS.
Under the Authority's Scheme. Otherwise. (1) (2) Residential treatment with education. Residen-tialtreat- ment without education. Non-residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic. Residential treatment with education. Residen-tialtreat- ment without education. Non-residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic. Total number treated (i) (ii) (iii) (i) (ii) (iii) -
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TABLE V.—DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT. (1) Number of children inspected by the Dentist. (a) Routine age-groups.
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TABLE VI.—UNCLEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.
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TABLE I. RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS CHILDREN ATTENDING SECONDARY SCHOOLS. A.—ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.
All Ages: Boys Girls -
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B.—OTHER INSPECTIONS.
Boys Girls -
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C.— CHILDREN FOUND TO REQUIRE TREATMENT. Number of individual children found at Routine Medical Inspection to Require Treatment (excluding defects of Nutrition, Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).
For defective vision (excluding squint) For all other conditions recorded in Table IIA Total -
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TABLE II. A. Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31st December, 1938.
Defect or Disease. Routine Inspections. Special Inspections. No. of Defects. No. of Defects. Requiring Treatment. Requiring to be kept under obser vation, but not requiring Treatment. Requiring Treatment. Requiring to be kept under obser vation, but not requiring Treatment. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) -
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TABLE II.—continued.
Defect or Disease. Routine Inspections. Special Inspections. No. of Defects. No. of Defects. Requiring Treatment. Requiring to be kept under obser vation, but not requiring Tre atmnt. Requiring Treatment. Requiring to be kept under obser vation but not requiring Treatment. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) -
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B. Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the Year.
Number of children Inspected A (Excellent) B (Normal) C (Slightly subnormal) D (Bad) No. % No. % No. % No. % -
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TABLE IV. TREATMENT TABLES GROUP I.—MINOR AILMENTS (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table VI)
Disease or Defect. Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. Under the Authority's Scheme. Otherwise. Total. (1) (2) (3) (4) -
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GROUP II—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
No. of Defects dealt with. Under the Authority's Scheme Otherwise. Total. -
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GROUP III.—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT.
Number of Defects. Received Operative Treatment. Received other forms of Treatment. Total number treated. Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. Total. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)